Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde called for a complete overhaul of the policing system in Canada Sunday evening, just two days after a Metepenagiag First Nation man was shot and killed by RCMP.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde called for a complete overhaul of the policing system in Canada Sunday, two days after a Metepenagiag First Nation man was shot and killed by New Brunswick RCMP.
“This pattern is too systemic, too much violence, too much people getting hurt and too much people ending up dead, and it doesn’t have to be that way,” Bellegarde said in an interview with CBC News Network.
Sunny Corner RCMP shot Rodney Levi, 48, Friday night while responding to a call of an “unwanted man” at a residence near Miramichi, said spokesperson Cpl. Jullie Rogers-Marsh.
“When police arrived they were confronted by a man who was carrying knives,” Rogers-Marsh said.
Rogers-Marsh said RCMP tried using a stun gun before shooting Levi.
“Why did this have to happen when a person had mental health issues?” Bellegarde said.
Levi’s death comes eight days after Chantel Moore, 26, was shot by a police officer in Edmundston during a wellness check.
Healing walks were held in Moor